MARQUETTE, MI – No need for a river if you want to canoe in the Upper Peninsula.

A flooded street will do just fine.

Just ask Ivan and Elaine Neumann, who went for a quick canoe ride down Arch Street in Marquette around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12.

Snowmelt about 8 inches deep had gathered in a 75-foot area, allowing the kids to have some fun.

“The city had not cleared the drains yet so their father brought the canoe and paddles out for them to play,” said realtor Gina Feltner Bouws, who took a photo of the kids. “Both parents and my husband were there. I thought it was great and so fun.”

And while odd sightings aren’t really anything new in the Upper Peninsula, Feltner Bouws said she’s never really seen anything like this in Marquette.

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has seen massive amounts of snowfall this winter, with some areas breaking records.

All that snow must go somewhere. Thus, the “Arch Street River” in the U.P.’s largest city.